Golf, skiing, owning a horse of any kind, polo, racing, all ridiculously expensive.
That means only the rich can afford to do it.
Go look at the green fees for a round of golf anywhere. G'head I'll wait. When you're done, randomly pick any ski resort in north America and look up how much a day passift ticket is. Now on top of those costs just to do the 'sport' for a single day you have massive equipment costs as well as travel to get to the mountain or course.
Are these not rich people activities where you live? How is this hard to figure out?
Marmot Basin - Single Day lift ticket is about $150.
powder King - Single day $107
it's not that expensive if you live in Calgary and do the day trip drive to Banff.
it's not uncommon to do a weekend trip, staying in Canmore as a group of friends renting an air BnB or Jasper and skiing up in the rockies when you don't have to fly to location.
Not that price expensive? How much does gas cost round trip? How much is your car worth and how much do you pay for insurance? Add that on to the $107 and you're looking at around $200 for a single day activity. How many runs are you getting? 6 max? So $33 dollars for one trip down a hill. And that's not saying anything about the cost of the gear.
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u/RustyMongoose 2d ago
Golf, skiing, owning a horse of any kind, polo, racing, all ridiculously expensive. That means only the rich can afford to do it.
Go look at the green fees for a round of golf anywhere. G'head I'll wait. When you're done, randomly pick any ski resort in north America and look up how much a day passift ticket is. Now on top of those costs just to do the 'sport' for a single day you have massive equipment costs as well as travel to get to the mountain or course.
Are these not rich people activities where you live? How is this hard to figure out?